Antonyms for catch22's
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kach-twen-tee-too |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkætʃˌtwɛn tiˈtu |
- accuracy
- advance
- advantage
- agreement
- aid
- allowance
- assistance
- benefit
- blessing
- boon
- breakthrough
- certainty
- clearance
- closure
- continuation
- convenience
- correction
- ease
- encouragement
- expedition
- facilitation
- fine point
- freedom
- furtherance
- good fortune
- headway
- help
- liberation
- miracle
- normality
- opening
- peace
- perfection
- permission
- profit
- progress
- promotion
- push
- regularity
- release
- same
- solution
- standard
- start
- strength
- strong point
- success
- support
- truth
- understanding
- usualness
- wonder
Definition of catch22's
Origin :- from the title of Joseph Heller's 1961 novel. In widespread use only after release of the movie based on the book in 1970. The "catch" is that a bomber pilot is insane if he flies combat missions without asking to be relieved from duty, and is thus eligible to be relieved from duty. But if he asks to be relieved from duty, that means he's sane and has to keep flying.
- There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. "That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed."It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.
- See catch (n.).
- As in obstacle : noun impediment, barrier
- As in paradox : noun contradiction, puzzle
- As in predicament : noun difficult situation
- As in provision/proviso : noun stipulation, condition of agreement
- As in quandary : noun delicate situation
- As in snag : noun complication in situation
- As in stalemate : noun deadlock
- As in stumbling block : noun hindrance
- As in vicious circle : noun endless loop
- As in no-win situation : noun a situation destined for failure
- As in catch : noun trick, hidden disadvantage
- As in hot spot : noun predicament
- As in dead end : noun cul-de-sac; deadlock
- As in deadlock : noun stalemate, impasse
- As in dilemma : noun crisis
- As in flaw : noun imperfection
- As in hindrance : noun obstruction, difficulty
- As in impasse : noun stalemate
- As in impediment : noun obstruction, hindrance
Synonyms for catch22's
- absurdity
- agreement
- albatross
- ambiguity
- anomaly
- arrest
- asperity
- bad news
- baggage
- ball and chain
- bar
- barricade
- barrier
- bewilderment
- bind
- blank wall
- blemish
- blind alley
- block
- blockade
- blockage
- booby trap
- bottleneck
- box
- brake
- bug
- bump
- burden
- catch
- Catch-22
- causal nexus
- cessation
- chain
- chain of circumstances
- chain reaction
- check
- checkmate
- circularity
- circumstance
- clause
- clog
- clutch
- complication
- concatenation of events
- condition
- conundrum
- corner
- cramp
- crimp
- crisis
- cropper
- crunch
- cul-de-sac
- cumbrance
- curb
- dead end
- dead heat
- dead weight
- deadlock
- deception
- decoy
- deep water
- defect
- delay
- demand
- deterrent
- detriment
- difficulty
- dilemma
- disadvantage
- discouragement
- disfigurement
- disincentive
- domino effect
- double bind
- double trouble
- doubt
- drag
- draw
- drawback
- Dutch
- embarrassment
- emergency
- encumbrance
- enigma
- error
- eternal return
- excess baggage
- exigency
- failing
- fault
- fine print
- fix
- flaw
- fly in the ointment
- foible
- foot dragging
- full stop
- glitch
- gremlin
- gridlock
- halt
- hamper
- handicap
- hang-up
- hardship
- hazard
- hindrance
- hitch
- holdup
- hole
- hooker
- hot water
- hurdle
- imbroglio
- impasse
- impedance
- impediment
- inconsistency
- inconvenience
- inhibition
- interference
- interruption
- intervention
- jam
- jam-up
- joke
- joker
- juncture
- kicker
- knot
- l
- large order
- limitation
- load
- lock
- lose-lose
- lot
- manacle
- mess
- millstone
- mire
- mistake
- monkey wrench
- morass
- mountain
- muddle
- mystery
- nonsense
- nowhere to turn
- obstacle
- obstruction
- oddity
- opposite
- pass
- pause
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- pitfall
- plight
- position
- posture
- predicament
- prerequisite
- problem
- prohibition
- puzzle
- puzzler
- quagmire
- qualification
- quandary
- red tape
- requirement
- reservation
- rest
- restraint
- restriction
- retardation
- retardment
- reverse
- rider
- rigor
- road block
- rough go
- rub
- scrape
- setback
- shackle
- slipup
- small print
- snag
- soup
- specification
- speck
- spot
- stain
- stalemate
- standoff
- standstill
- state
- stipulation
- stone in one's path
- stoppage
- strait
- stricture
- strings
- stumbling block
- stumbling stone
- tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble
- term
- terms
- the rub
- tie
- tight corner
- tight spot
- trammel
- trap
- traverse
- typo
- uncertainty
- up a tree
- vice
- vicious cycle
- vicissitude
- wall
- wart
- weak spot
- weakness
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